Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Prosthesis for stimulating natural kinematics
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Application No.: US13923779Application Date: 2013-06-21
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Publication No.: US09381079B2Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: David Wolfson , Russell Llloyd , John Joseph O'Connor , Mohammed Imran Khan , David Wycliffe Murray , Christopher Alexander Dodd , John William Goodfellow
- Applicant: Biomet UK Limited , Colin Hunsley
- Applicant Address: GB
- Assignee: Biomet UK Limited
- Current Assignee: Biomet UK Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Priority: GB0721610.4 20071102; GB0805917.2 20080401
- Main IPC: A61F2/30
- IPC: A61F2/30 ; A61F2/38 ; A61F2/08

Abstract:
A bearing component 2 for a joint replacement prosthesis comprises a first bearing element 4; a second bearing element 6, and a linking element 8, operatively connecting the first and second bearing elements 4, 6 and permitting relative motion there between. The flexible linking element 8 prevents dislocation of mobile bearings in a total knee replacement prosthesis. The invention also relates to a bridging element which retains the linking element 8 with some play, which acts as a ligament support 2051, and which causes a deflection of the line of action of a ligament 1018. A joint replacement prosthesis is also disclosed comprising a biasing element 1140 or a tensioning element 1220 operatively coupled to the artificial ligament 1018. The biasing element 1140 or tensioning element 1220 may be housed in the stem of a tibial tray 1006.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130297020A1 Prosthesis For Stimulating Natural Kinematics Public/Granted day:2013-11-07
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